Browsing 8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014” by Institution "Kaunas University of Technology"

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    • Critical analysis of approaches to smart economy 

      Bruneckienė, Jurgita; Sinkienė, Jolita (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      The article comprises the critical analysis of the theoretical aspects of the concept of smart economy. This article includes analysis of the structural components of smart city, the presentation of variety of definitions ...

    • Diversity of theoretical approaches to the concept of smart city 

      Sinkienė, Jolita; Grumadaitė, Kristina; Liugailaitė-Radzvickienė, Laura (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      Recently the term “smart” has become an increasingly popular concept used in many different situations, in urban development context in particular. Often the term “smart city” is used in association with other categories, ...

    • Framework for development of city’s intelligence 

      Jucevičius, Robertas; Liugailaitė-Radzvickienė, Laura (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      The diversity of theories analysing intelligence of the city brings some misunderstandings as well as fragmented attempts to explain the background for development of this phenomenon. Therefore the aim of the article is ...

    • The impact of EU energy policies on technological performance of Lithuanian manufacturing enterprises 

      Vasauskaite, Jovita; Gaspareniene, Ligita (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      Due to the ambitious targets of EU energy policies, changing environmental priorities and industrial progress, the development of new technologies and their implementation in the industry has became one of the most ...

    • Innovation dimension in the concept of a smart city: is the innovativeness the main attribute of being smart? 

      Grumadaitė, Kristina (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      The dimension of innovation in regard to the concept of a smart city is presented in this article. The analysis of scientific literature revealed that innovativeness, although it is called the main tool to compete ...

    • The need of smartness in public governance 

      Gaulė, Eglė; Šiugždinienė, Jurgita; Buškevičiutė, Jolanta (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      The fast changing environment, complex problems and increased expectations for government performance establishes new requirements for the public governance system. A key challenge for the government is to find new ways ...

    • Outsourcing as a measure seeking for cost reduction in public health care sector: Lithuanian case 

      Gaspareniene, Ligita; Remeikiene, Rita; Startiene, Grazina (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      Public institutions not much differ from big corporations in which both cost saving and efficiency are the main aims to consider the model of outsourcing. The object of this article is cost reduction in public health ...

    • The potentials of the use of instruments for the assessing of the business environment in the companies of the railways sector 

      Gaidelys, Vaidas; Dailydka, Stasys (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      While assessing the business environment in the sector of transport, large corporations often meet the issue of the application of particular instruments for the assessing of the business environment to the companies of ...

    • Strategic tensions of smart development 

      Jucevičius, Giedrius (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      The paper discusses the inherent paradoxes and contradictions of smart development. Reconciling the opposites lies at the heart of “smart” approach to management and governance of the complex social systems. Smart ...

    • Valuation of fundamental analysis reliability in stock pricing: theoretical approach 

      Kartašova, Jekaterina; Venclauskienė, Deimantė (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      Fundamental analysis together with technical analysis is used by investors as a main tool allowing pricing stocks and making investment decisions. Recent studies show that under the conditions of today financial market ...

    • What does it mean to be smart? 

      Palmira Jucevičienė; Jucevičius, Robertas (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      This paper aims to reveal the essence of the concept smart. The main starting point in analyzing the term smart is a human being and the quality smart is first of all attributed to a human being. The paper is comprised ...

    • Who becomes self-employed: comparative analysis of Lithuania and Latvia 

      Remeikiene, Rita; Startiene, Grazina; Gaspareniene, Ligita (8th International Scientific Conference “Business and Management 2014”, 2014)
      A decision to change one’s status from a hired employee or unemployed person to that of a self-employed person is extremely important in such countries with small economies as Lithuania or Latvia. Previous research ...